Chapter 35: By the Lake

Rong Xi's sudden departure made Xu Zizhen's heart empty all of a sudden, although Rong Xi was often annoyed by him before, but this time it was obviously different, Rong Xi's indifferent eyes when he left made him feel an unprecedented discomfort and grievance.

"Let's go, let's go, Lao Tzu is a layman, love it."

Xu Zizhen muttered a few words, returned to the bed and sat down, the more he thought about it, the more it tasted, the depression in his chest was abnormal, he couldn't help but stand up and pour a full glass of cold water, and then opened the door and came to the yard in one go, and practiced with his fists and kicks in the moonlight. There is no fixed routine in martial arts, and there is no coherent move in one go.

In the distance, a pair of bright eyes from a large tree were looking deeply, and their eyes changed from time to time, as if they were thinking about something.

It wasn't until a long time later that Xu Zizhen gradually felt that his hands and feet were a little weak, after all, he hadn't eaten for a day, and people who were beaten with iron would be so hungry that he couldn't stand it, he gritted his teeth and got up, turned around in mid-air and flew out with a side kick, and fell to the ground with a bang, holding his knees with his hands and panting.

At this time, Xu Zizhen was almost out of strength, but the depression in his chest was also dispersed a lot, after a short rest, he went back to the house to wash his face, went out to find a noodle restaurant and ate a full meal, and went back to the house to fall asleep.

This sleep is not solid, until the third watch he still can't sleep, his mind is turned over and over is the look of regret when leaving, and finally fell asleep in a daze, but the dream has become another picture, the Great Song Dynasty is full of flames, Jin Guotie rode across the north and south of the river, hundreds of people fled in rags and hastily, and children with straw sticks on their heads can be seen everywhere on the roadside, just to have a kind person to take them in in this troubled world to get food and clothing.

The eyes of those children in the dream were panicked and helpless, which directly affected the nerves in the deepest part of Xu Zizhen's heart, and it didn't take long for the people to suddenly scatter and flee, and a large group of hideous-looking Jin soldiers suddenly galloped over, killing people and burning them when they saw them, and hundreds of people died in a pool of blood, Xu Zizhen only felt that a anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and he jumped out and shouted: "Golden dog, do it!" You! Mother! ”

Suddenly, he woke up from his dream, and he realized that it was just a dream, but the scene in the dream had made him drenched in cold sweat.

Call...... Xu Zizhen sat on the bed and was a little stunned, exhaling a long breath, he was born in the peaceful era, he had never experienced the cruelty of war, even if there was news on TV, it happened in other countries, he never took it seriously, but when he was at the scene, even if it was just a dream, it still made him have a heartfelt fear and cold sweat.

Bang bang!

Suddenly there was a knock on the door outside the house, and a silver bell-like call sounded: "Xu Zizhen, the sun is three poles!" ”

Xu Zizhen came back to his senses violently, the sky was bright? Who came to me so early? Will you ask me for breakfast? He got up and got out of bed, didn't wear clothes, just ran to open the door with a pair of pants shirtless, but saw a little girl standing outside the door with bright eyes and bright teeth and a clever smile, but it was Wen Xian's personal maid.

"You...... Yes! The little girl stared at her hands and was about to say something, but she suddenly saw Xu Zizhen's naked upper body, her sturdy body and strong muscles suddenly made her blush, and she quickly turned her head with an exclamation, stomped her feet and said, "You, why did you come to open the door without clothes?" ”

Xu Zizhen was not in a good mood, and he rarely took this opportunity to tease a few words, but said disapprerovingly: "Why are you looking for me so early?" As he spoke, he went back to the house and got dressed.

The maid peeked over and saw that he was finally dressed neatly, so she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but she was faintly disappointed, and said calmly: "What are you doing?" The eldest lady is waiting for you, Xu Zizhen, your shelf is really not small! ”

Lady waiting for me? Xu Zizhen was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that she had promised Governor Wen yesterday to accompany her to participate in some poetry meeting.

"Oh, I know." He washed up as fast as he could, then went out the door, "Let's go." ”

The maid saw that he had actually changed his personality today, and he looked serious, but she was very curious, and looked at him with a pair of dark eyes.

When Xu Zizhen turned around and saw that she didn't move, he said strangely: "What are you looking at?" ”

The maid pursed her lips and smiled: "Did you come out of the west today?" You're so serious. ”

Xu Zizhen pursed his lips: "Brother is in a bad mood today, don't mess with me." After a pause, he added, "I'll carefully peel off your pants and spank your ass." ”

The maid exclaimed, her little face turned red and she took a few steps to the side, and said, "I know that you are pretending, hum!" After speaking, he ran out quickly with small broken steps, as if he was afraid that Xu Zizhen would really tease her.

The two of them came to the gate of the house one after the other, a carriage had already stopped there, the curtain moved, revealing a beautiful and cold face, it was Miss Wen Xian, the little maid ran to the side of the car and pouted a small complaint: "Miss Miss, he bullied me again!" As he spoke, his little hand pointed to Xu Zizhen behind him.

Wen Xian glanced at Xu Zizhen, and said helplessly: "Xu Zizhen, can't you live in peace?" ”

Xu Zizhen didn't explain, rolled his eyes at the little girl, looked around and found that there was only such a carriage, and couldn't help asking, "How do I get there?" Riding in the car with you? Inconvenient, right? ”

Wen Xian snapped closed the curtain of the car and said lightly: "Naturally, you can't take the car, just follow the car, dark green, come up." ”

"Hey!" The maid responded crisply, jumped on the wheel, turned around and stuck out her tongue at Xu Zizhen, made a grimace, and entered the carriage triumphantly.

No way! Xu Zizhen was depressed for a while, and he didn't even give me a horse? This is a deliberate attempt to take revenge on me, right? Okay, you two wait for Lao Tzu!

The sound of the chariot was blowing, the autumn wind was gusting, and the carriage traveled all the way to the south, gradually leaving the city, and walking on the wide official road outside the city.

Today is a cloudy day, and the killing west wind makes Xu Zizhen feel a little cold, but he can't get in the carriage again, so he has to shrink his neck and follow the car, using the carriage to block the autumn wind, and secretly hate in his heart: I don't know which bastard chose to gather on this day, and he also deliberately chose a rural place, and watched Lao Tzu not stir up your bullshit poetry meeting for a while!

I don't know how long he walked, Xu Zizhen had already walked with soreness in his feet, and his stomach was so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, and he finally reached his destination in his secret curse.

This is a clear and vast lake, and there are white reeds everywhere, and the scenery is extremely beautiful, but Xu Zizhen can't help but feel bitter, isn't this the place where Lao Tzu just came? Revisiting the old place can't help but arouse his depression.

There is an open place by the lake, with a pavilion built with thick logs, and the color of the wood seems to have just been built, and there are already several cars parked next to the pavilion, and there are a few horses and donkeys next to them, tied to the trees and leisurely looking for grass to gnaw, and several families dressed up together chatting with each other.

Xu Zizhen and his entourage came to the pavilion, dark green helped Wen Xian get out of the car, several scholars hurriedly greeted him, and one of them held a folding fan, waved Wen Xian's long body, and said with a smile: "Miss Wen, it's been a long time!" ”

Wen Xian smiled and blessed a blessing, which was considered a return salute, and several scholars behind her also followed one by one, with a serious smile on their faces, and when they looked up and saw Xu Zizhen standing next to the car, their faces suddenly changed, and they blurted out: "Why are you?" ”

Xu Zizhen smiled, hugged his fists and said: "It's really where you don't meet in life, and a few sons don't come to harm?" ”

These scholars are none other than Zhang Ling's trio who have long had a disagreement with Xu Zizhen, but he has never seen the scholar with a folding fan, and he doesn't know who Lu Dao is.

Zhang Ling and the three of them had already seen Xu Zizhen's literary talent, and they were also surprised by his piano skills, they knew that they couldn't compare to him, and they couldn't think of a way to take revenge for the humiliation, and today they found that he actually followed Wen Xian, which made them dare to be angry but didn't dare to speak, so they had to barely squeeze out a smile, and arched their hands towards Xu Zizhen, which was regarded as greeting.

The folding fan scholar saw the expressions of the three of them in his eyes, strange in his heart, he knew the virtues of these three boys, there were not a few taels of ink in his stomach, but he was full of arrogance, relying on the confidence of the family to rarely convince people, but now he saw that a few of them were so polite to an entourage beside Wen Xian, and couldn't help but smile and ask Wen Xian: "Miss Wen, I don't know who this is?" ”

Wen Xian smiled faintly and said casually: "I'm just a person in my house, Gongzi Kong, I don't know who else came to the appointment today?" ”

That Kong Gongzi lost interest when he heard Wen Xian say the word subordinate, he regarded himself as high, and naturally disdained to be verbose with a subordinate, as for why Zhang Ling and they were so polite to him, I am afraid that it was just because of Wen Xian, thinking of this, he no longer paid attention to Xu Zizhen, and said with a smile: "Miss Wen is punctual, but others are ......."

Before the words fell, a crisp voice sounded not far away: "Okay, Wow Kong Xiaoer, don't you dare to arrange us behind your back?" ”